How to adopt a pet in Erath County, Texas

If you plan to adopt a dog or a cat or a puppy or a kitten in the Erath County, Texas, Stephenville area, these are the links to start with:

Erath County Humane Society:

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TX1178.html

http://search.petfinder.com/shelterS...elterid=TX1178

http://www.erath.net/humane/

How to adopt a pet in Erath County, Texas

While I am having a very nervous day so far knowing my sweet Olivia is being operated on at the vet's today, I figured I'm going to put my time to good use and set up a petfinder.com account for the ECHS, after I have gotten the green light.

So, if you plan to adopt a dog or a cat or a puppy or a kitten in the Erath County, Texas, Stephenville area, these are the links to start with:

Erath County Humane Society:

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TX1178.html

http://search.petfinder.com/shelterS...elterid=TX1178

http://www.erath.net/humane/

Great Danes are small!

Don't believe it? Look for yourself:

First week of Rabies Quarantine is behind us

We managed to get through the first week without any major problems, except that more skunks are turning up, just wandering through my yard and spraying away happily.

2 days ago I saw this calico cat sitting in the middle of the street. She looked dead, but was still moving. I wrapped her up in a blanket, took her home and examined her. She was totally messed up by another animal, lots of head trauma, bite wounds all over and she smelled unmistakably like skunk! I knew she was beyond any help, so I called Animal Control and they picked her up.

The rabies situation has really taken a toll in this town, or is it just me???

Well, we'll deal with it the best we can. I'm trying to keep my dogs entertained since they have no way of getting rid of their energy in any creative way, so it usually turns into aggression. Playing ball is one way, but mentally it's not cutting it either.

I bought a bale of hay today and let them have a go at that, now they got some warm bedding to sleep on too.

I still need a couple of large off the ground dog houses. Tractor Supply was sold out of Igloo dog houses with those thick rubber bottom, which would be the only alternative to an off ground dog house. The igloo ones at Walmart are falling apart just by looking at them, wasted 74 Dollars on one.

The real original igloos are hard to come by, I learned! If I was just handy enough to build my own dog houses, so they can be off the ground a bit, but I have 2 left hands.

If anybody reads this and is a bit handy and wants to donate some of his or her time for dog house building, contact me!!!

Serenity plus 5

Ready for an update?? I moved Serenity with her babies out of the cage into a pen..it was getting too crowded. I think I'm going to post her pictures on petfinder.com, since her adoption fell through :

Olivia and the Cats

Everybody loves Olivia! It's unbelievable!

One more week and Olivia will be spayed. One more time holding my breath while is at the clinic...

Olivia and Gremlin




Olivia and Rosy (Gremlin's sister)



Rosy was NEVER interested in dogs. She tolerated them, but that was about it. Now look at this!

Rabies positive

The results cam in today: positive for rabies .

I was told to rush my dogs to the vet and get them booster shots right away and keep them quarantined for 45 days, meaning no contact with anything living by myself and watching for any change in behavior.

So, Olivia and Sandy, the old ladies, were not exposed and can stay with me inside, but Butters, Honey, and Olliver have to stay outside for now because they not only stink, but they go nuts caged up in their round pens. This is not going to be fun...not at all.

Having said that, I AM glad that the skunk walked in on my dogs instead of 10 feet further into a yard where toddlers play. If one of those kids was outside and seen the skunk and approached it..can you imagine???

Then rather walk into the yard with the best protected dogs in the neighborhood!